Whats on your amp workbench?

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jeremyb wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:43 am
Slowy wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:42 am
Jay wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:50 pm Cabinet finished but sadly haven't even started on the amp yet. I suppose I could transplant the amp from the head that I made last year.
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Don't think so, he's gone off blue and I have gone on to it :D

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I have been playing with some cardboard, paint and a sharpie ro create a pseudo faceplate in a light blue colour. Just to see if would look better than the black one I have.

What you think? Black faceplate or a pastel coloured one?
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I like black, but maybe a very dark/deep blue?
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I've strayed to the dark side and am trying to build an amp using a pcb. I found the Gerber files on another forum, sent them far away over the wires and received boards in my mailbox.

First attempt will be a tweed deluxe. Layout is as per usual, just no niggly bits.

Second lot of boards is for an octal version of a dark terror.

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PaulWD wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:53 pm

Second lot of boards is for an octal version of a dark terror.
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@Paulwd Nice! Where do you source your passives? I'd like to get some metal films to quieten this hiss in my 18w :)

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I buy 2w metal film in assorted packs of 1000 off AliExpress. They test fine and I haven't killed one yet.

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Another Jansen 4/12 Special on the go... with added modifications as per last one.



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Chassis populated with all the parts. Only the mains bits to be 'suddered' now. Then testing voltages without valves...

Point to point always looks messy, but believe me, this looks very tidy compared to the original Jansen 4/12 units :D

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Jay wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:33 pm Chassis populated with all the parts. Only the mains bits to be 'suddered' now. Then testing voltages without valves...

Point to point always looks messy, but believe me, this looks very tidy compared to the original Jansen 4/12 units :D


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Slowy wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:19 pm
Jay wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:33 pm Chassis populated with all the parts. Only the mains bits to be 'suddered' now. Then testing voltages without valves...

Point to point always looks messy, but believe me, this looks very tidy compared to the original Jansen 4/12 units :D


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Wot you mean?
This (your amp):
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Jay wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:54 pm
This (your amp):

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Actually, it's not. This is my amp.
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Slowy wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:53 am
Jay wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:54 pm
This (your amp):

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Actually, it's not. This is my amp.

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Correct, apologies. The other one is one that got serviced by RectifiedAmps. Same thing though, parts going in all directions with bare leads, etc.

Always have this mental picture of ladies in the Jansen workshop 'soddering' away and sniffing those lead fumes.
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